Neural correlates of viewing paintings: Evidence from a quantitative meta-analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging data

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 52-56

  Vartanian, Oshin ^a   Skov, Martin ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Decision Neuroscience Research Group Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Default mode network; Emotion; Scene perception; Visual art

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PAINTING; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL ORIENTATION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ESTHETICS; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ESTHETICS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAINTINGS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84897482008     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2014.03.004     Document Type: Article

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